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Table 5 · 08-03-2009, 12:58 PM

This bridge won't singlehandedly turn Calgary into a world-class city, it would be moronic to even suggest that.

But it will add towards making Calgary something more than is it today, that being a city built on something else than just "wham bam thank you maam" values. A nice piece of architecture will beget another, and add towards it being a more interesting place to visit and live.

Things like this tend to build over time....just think of what one piece of nice architecture did to Bilbao. Who ever heard of that place before Frank Gehry came calling with his design? That one museum transformed it from a quiet industrial city into a place that is now on most Spain visitors maps. Our bridge is not that ambitious, but it does help in the grand scheme of things.

08-03-2009, 12:58 PM	#661
Table 5 Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: NYYC Exp:	This bridge won't singlehandedly turn Calgary into a world-class city, it would be moronic to even suggest that. But it will add towards making Calgary something more than is it today, that being a city built on something else than just "wham bam thank you maam" values. A nice piece of architecture will beget another, and add towards it being a more interesting place to visit and live. Things like this tend to build over time....just think of what one piece of nice architecture did to Bilbao. Who ever heard of that place before Frank Gehry came calling with his design? That one museum transformed it from a quiet industrial city into a place that is now on most Spain visitors maps. Our bridge is not that ambitious, but it does help in the grand scheme of things.